Grades 3-4

For the 2020-2021 school year, our lessons will all be accessible through the Buzz platform. Please check there for your lessons!

Choose from any of the activities below, or do them all! Keep in mind that these optional lessons are for enrichment only and will not be graded. Use any materials that you have at home.

Once you complete your artwork, feel free to share it on our class bulletin board, Flipgrid or email it to me.

If you have any questions, please email me at jenni.feidler + @gilbertschools.net

Last Week 2019-2020

May 18 - 22, 2020

Can you believe it's already the last week of school? This has definitely been an interesting year, and I miss you all so much. I hope you continue to make art at home, and please feel free to email me over the summer. I will continue to post videos on YouTube for you all summer, so make sure to check back!

For our last lessons, I am going to show you how to paint with markers, then send you off for the summer with a fun book. Watch the videos below, then get out some materials and start making art!

Painting with Markers

Did you know that you can PAINT with markers? Watch the video to see how, then get yours out and give it a try!

Color Diffusion with Coffee Filters

All you need is a coffee filter or paper towel, some washable markers, and water! Watch how the colors blend together in this fun art process.

The Rules of Summer

Read this book with me to start thinking about summer. Shaun Tan's beautiful paintings are strange and mysterious, and definitely get your imagination going. What will your imagination come up with this summer?

After you finish reading, draw a picture of something you would like to do this summer, or better yet, draw your own Rules of Summer!

Have a great summer!

Week 7

May 11 - 15, 2020

This is our last full week of classes! I miss seeing your faces so much, and hope you are still making art at home. Try out some of these fun lessons to keep your mind creating as we come to the end of the school year. Don't forget that you can send my pictures of your work!

Ninja Turtles Art History

Ready for a little art history from some pizza-loving turtles with ninja skills? Your mind will be blown when you find out the secret truth about Mikey, Donny, Raf and Leo and where they got their names! Then, you get to draw your favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

Roll up a Rose

Do you have playdoh or clay at home? Grab it and make a rose along with this video!

Don't have any? Check out this recipe to make your own play dough!

Fingerprint Figures

Read this silly book about Henry Finch with me. Did you notice how the birds are all made out of fingerprints?

Try making a figure of your own with your own fingerprint! Color your finger tip with marker, dip it in paint, press it on an ink pad, or drip food coloring on it to make some fingerprints. Then when they dry, draw on and around them to turn them into fun animals or people!

Mother's Day Projects

Pick one or make them all, your mom deserves something really special, made by you!

Mother's Day Coupon Book

Make a coupon book for Mom using one sheet of paper and a few markers. Then fill the book with good deeds that you can do for your mom!

Mother's Day Bouquet Art

Trace your hand and then use it as a 3D flower bouquet holder in this fun and simple work of art!

Mother's Day 3D Heart Card

Using strips of paper, create 3D hearts and add them to a beautiful card for your mom or grandmother.

Week 6

May 4 - 8, 2020

This week we will focus on some really important concepts in drawing. First, we will practice drawing characters that show expression or emotion, and then we will work on how to draw a human figure that shows motion. Put them together to create your own character that shows both emotion and motion!

Part 1: Facial Expressions

Drawing Characters with Expressions

Follow along with the video to practice drawing faces that show different types of expressions or emotions. We take a close look at some familiar characters as our models, then try out our own expressions.

Part 2: Body Motions

The Boy Who Kept Drawing

Read this story about Keith Haring, and how he just kept drawing!

Draw a figure that shows motion

Follow the steps in the video to draw a simple figure that shows motion in the style of Keith Haring.

Bonus Challenge

Try drawing your figure in a computer program like I did! I used Microsoft Paint, but you can use any program you have.

Week 5

April 27 - May 1, 2020

Design your own Board Game!

Watch the video to see the steps on how to design your own board game at home, then create your own!

Here are some things to think about:

1. What will be the theme or concept?

2. How will you play the game?

3. What will the board look like? How will you move?

4. Will you use dice, cards, spinner, or something else to move?

5. What will you use as game pieces?

6. How do you win and finish the game?

Mixing Colors

Watch how the colors in this book mix beautifully to create new colors. Then try mixing colors on your own!

Colored pencils, crayons, paint, whatever you have at home.... you can mix! Color one color on top of another to create a new one.

Week 4

April 20 - 24, 2020

Earth Day is this week!

Let's show how we can make a difference by being Earth-friendly with our art projects this week. You will be "upcyling" and reusing recyclable materials for your Makerspace art projects.

Make your own Makerspace

This week, I challenge you to use any materials you have at home, be as creative as possible, and build something new! Here are some tips to get started.

Step 1: Watch this video to understand what Makerspace is all about.

Step 2: Materials

Gather materials, as many as you can find! Here are some examples: scissors, glue, cardboard, paper, crayons, markers, paint, recycled materials

Step 3: Ideas

Think of different things you can make with the materials you have. You can use an idea from the video or come up with your own new idea.

Step 4: Design

Start designing! Use recycled materials as base, cut and glue pieces together, then add some color and details. Voila! You have just created something out of nothing!

Don't forget, you can share your project with me on our Google Classroom, class bulletin board, Flipgrid or email it to me at jenni.feidler + @gilbertschools.net

Week 3

April 13 - 17, 2020

Chalk Challenge

Let's spread some hope and love through chalk drawings!

One of my favorite outdoor activities is drawing with chalk, and what a better way to connect with your neighbors than to write positive messages for them to see?

Check out my video to see how my family and I are spreading kind words, and then make your own chalk drawings at home.

Learn, Explore, Draw!

Choose from one of the following lessons, or try them all! Each how-to-draw video lesson is paired with a field trip or book to learn more about what we are drawing.

Dinosaurs

Explore the museum, Pangea: Land of the Dinosaurs, then draw your own Brontosaurus dinosaur.

Zoo Babies

Read the book, Look at the Zoo Babies, then draw your own cute baby panda, bunny, or chick.

Week 2

April 6 - 10, 2020

I have designed and chosen 2 main lessons for this week: Explore & Draw, and Disney Imagineering.

You may choose one of them, or complete both. The second lesson, a Disney lesson from Khan Academy, has many parts. It's amazing lesson and you may choose to complete part of the project or the entire design, your choice!

Lesson 1: Explore & Draw

For this lesson, you will travel to a destination of your choice and draw what you see. We are focusing on drawing a foreground, middle ground, and background.

You can choose from one of the locations below and travel through it as a virtual field trip, or a location of your choice. You should also view the gallery of landscape paintings for inspiration.

When you find a location that interests you, grab some paper and a pencil, and make a sketch. Once you are happy with your sketch, add some outlines and/or color to complete it!

Make sure to include:

Foreground: object or space closest to you, bottom of page
Middle ground: space a little ways away, middle of page
Background: space furthest away from you, upper part of page

Gallery of landscape paintings

Visit Machu Picchu in Peru

Visit Stonehenge in the United Kingdom

Visit Tikal in Guatemala

Lesson 2: Disney Imagineering - Create your own Character

In this lesson, you will learn how Disney characters are created, then create your own! While viewing incredible behind-the-scenes videos from real Disney Imagineers, you will learn the steps to designing your own magical character.

To see the source lesson, click on the Khan Academy icon.

After viewing: Imagineering In a Box | Character Design | Lesson 3.0 - Introduction

Begin to think about what sort of character you want to design. Will it be human, animal, or fantasy? Boy or girl? What will it look like?

After viewing: Imagineering In a Box | Character Design | Lesson 3.1 - Character Types

Who is your character?

Throughout the exercises in this lesson your job is to dream up and design an animatronic character for a land or attraction of your own design.

Activity: It’s important to get to know who your character is on the inside in order to better understand how they will look and act on the outside. Here are some brainstorming questions to get you started.

What is your characters name?
Where does your character live?
Is your character from the past, present or future?
What does your character want or need?
What does your character fear or dislike?
What does your character eat for breakfast, how do they eat it?

Activity 2: Create a very rough sketch of your character to get a sense of their shape and size. Feel free to use any materials to create this sketch whether it’s by hand or on the computer. Do this quickly and don’t worry about making it look beautiful.

After viewing: Imagineering In a Box | Character Design | Lesson 3.2 - Costumes

Costumes

Before building your character in detail it’s helpful to create a rough costume of what they will look like. Keep in mind you can use your whole body for this costume... or just a part of your body such as your hand.

Activity: Imagine you need to go to a costume party as your character. What would you wear?

Demonstrate how your character moves using a simple costume.
Try to create different emotions using your costume (sad, happy, curious, scared...)

Final Drawing

While we don't have the devices to automate our characters like in the video, I would like you to now draw a full sketch of your character in costume. Draw in pencil first, then add outlines and color to make it look great. Don't forget to give your character a name!

Week 1

March 30 - April 3, 2020

Museum I Spy

Let's visit a museum across the globe and play a game of I Spy!

How exactly will we do that? Follow these directions:

Click the link to the Van Gogh Museum
Scroll down until you see the images like these:

Decide which floor you want to start on, click it, and start to explore!
As you move through the museum, you can also click the images at the bottom to move to those artworks.

Ready to play? Ok, here's what you are looking for!

I spy, with my little eye....

a pillow

a crow

blue flowers

a self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh

a candle

a pear

a straw hat

a sailboat

mountains

a farm house

a book

a sunflower

a green dress

an orchard

Japanese characters

How many did you find? You can leave me a note on the sharing board to let me know!

Kindness Cards

You've all seen my video on The Art of Kindness by now. Here's just one way your can be kind at home.

Make a Kindness Card for some one special, or to brighten some one's day! You can start with the story, The Kindness Quilt, and then watch the instructions on how to make your own cards. You can make these cards for anyone, using any materials you have at home!

You could also make a Kindness Quilt piece, just like Minna does in the story! As you are working, think of ways you can BE KIND to your family at home.